Fouéré Thierry, Maire Bernard, Delpeuch Francis, Martin-Prével Yves, Tchibindat F., Adoua-Oyila G. (2000). Dietary changes in African urban households in response to currency devaluation : foreseeable risks for health and nutrition. Public Health Nutrition, 3 (3), p. 293-301. ISSN 1368-9800.
Titre du document
Dietary changes in African urban households in response to currency devaluation : foreseeable risks for health and nutrition
Année de publication
2000
Auteurs
Fouéré Thierry, Maire Bernard, Delpeuch Francis, Martin-Prével Yves, Tchibindat F., Adoua-Oyila G.
Source
Public Health Nutrition, 2000,
3 (3), p. 293-301 ISSN 1368-9800
Objective : To investigate the effects of currency devaluation on dietary change and nutritional vulnerability of poor households in two African capital cities. Design : A qualitative study based on 120 semistructured individual interviews and four focus group discussions in each city. Settings : Dakar, Senegal (western Africa) and Brazzaville, Congo (central Africa). Subjects : All of the subjects were randomly selected women from modest or poor households, who spoke the local common language and were responsible for household meal preparation. Only those likely to restrict the dynamic of focus group discussions (because of language, age or education) were excluded. Results : Changes were found in meal preparation characteristics (frequency, sharing pattern) and meal composition. There was frequent depletion of fat and vegetable contents in meals, frequent elimination of desserts and even the elimination of one daily meal. These changes specifically affected economically disadvantaged and socially isolated households, and those headed by women. Other changes were the reduction in size of comsumption units and the development of neighbourhood-specific street food - which has been a growing trend in Brazzaville since the outset of the economic crisis but is more recent in Dakar. Conclusions : If lasting, these changes pose a dual health risk, i.e. reducing dietary diversity and altering the bacteriological quality of preparated meals. In addition, attempts to reduce the comsumption units were found to upset community ties that bind these societies. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Enquêtes de consommation alimentaire [054EPINUT01]
Descripteurs
NUTRITION ; CRISE ECONOMIQUE ; MILIEU URBAIN ; MENAGE ; PAUPERISATION ; CONSOMMATION ALIMENTAIRE ; GROUPE A RISQUE ; RATION ALIMENTAIRE ; APPORT NUTRITIONNEL ; PREPARATION CULINAIRE ; ENQUETE ALIMENTAIRE ; DEVALUATION ; ENQUETE SOCIOECONOMIQUE ; EQUILIBRE ALIMENTAIRE ; ENQUETE QUALITATIVE
Description Géographique
AFRIQUE ; SENEGAL ; CONGO ; DAKAR ; BRAZZAVILLE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010024060] ;
Montpellier (Centre IRD)
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010024060
